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A Separation , Elite Squad : The Enemy Within , Once upon a time in Anatolia ....

Showing posts with label Based on True Story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Based on True Story. Show all posts

Mar adentro aka The Sea Inside

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 74
Release Year - 2004
Country - Spain
Genres - Biography | Drama
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Synopsis: True story of a ship fisherman from Spain Ramon Sampedro who became a quadriplegic in a diving accident at the age of 25 and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years.

The film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer suffering from Cadasil syndrome, who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.

Awards & Lists – Won Oscar. Another 60 wins




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Le scaphandre et le papillon aka The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 92
Release Year - 2007
Country - France
Genres - Biography | Drama
IMDB page | Metacritic page

Synopsis: True story of the ELLE magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffered a massive stroke in 1995, at the age of 43 that paralyzed his whole body except his left eye. Despite his condition, he wrote the book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again using a system called partner assisted scanning.

The entire book was written by Bauby blinking his left eyelid, which took ten months (four hours a day). The book took about 200,000 blinks to write and an average word took approximately two minutes.

Awards & Lists – Top 250 #201 | Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 41 wins




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